Testseek.co.uk have collected 72 expert reviews of the OCZ 2.5 inch Vertex Series SATA300 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for OCZ 2.5 inch Vertex Series SATA300.
April 2009
(86%)
72 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(90%)
11 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
The OCZ Vertex series is noticeably improved compared to any of the early drives utilizing JMF602 controllers. Even the Apex series drive didnt stand much of a chance against it
And rightfully so as OCZ aims the Apex towards the mainstream market and...
Very
Very fast
Ideal for gaming laptops
Faster than a hard disk
Small
Quiet and shock-resistant
Quiet and shockresistant
The editors didn't like
Even the Vertex and its Indilinx controller appear to be just about perfect
There is a catch. After using the drive a while
Write speeds tend to become slower. It is mostly obvious after running the same benchmark time after time
Abstract: Every new SSD controller is met with lots of rumors and discussions, especially if it is declared to have high speed specs. The SandForce controllers are just like that. Our Vertex 2 is based on the SF-1200. The other SandForce chip, SF-1500, is similar in design but is meant for corporate applications. Thus, it supports..
Abstract: Every new SSD controller is met with lots of rumors and discussions, especially if it is declared to have high speed specs. The SandForce controllers are just like that. Our Vertex 2 is based on the SF-1200. The other SandForce chip, SF-1500, is similar in design but is meant for corporate applications. Thus, it supports..
We recently upgraded our storage test system with a SATA 6Gb/s controller and Windows 7 to accommodate the TRIM feature and upcoming SATA 6Gb/s drives. Soon, we’ll be providing a new charts category that lists all of our 2010 SSD tests. This article in...
While the pros and cons of making the move to an SSD over a traditional hard drive have probably been well-worn within your minds by now, there's never any harm in going over them again. Of course, the biggest advantage of "normal" hard disks remains...
While the pros and cons of making the move to an SSD over a traditional hard drive have probably been well-worn within your minds by now, there's never any harm in going over them again. Of course, the biggest advantage of "normal" hard disks remains...
The good news is that none of the 12 SSDs we reviewed left a bad impression. Only one product, the Cavalry Pelican SSD, failed to reach the performance level we’d expect from modern drives (200+ MB/s reads for desktop/mobile type SSDs). Every other...
The OCZ Vertex Turbo Series and Photofast G-Monster V5 proved to be the highest performing drives in the group represented in this article. The G-Monster in particulr offered strong performance in the ATTO, HD Tach, and SANDRA tests, where its read an...
Both the OCZ Vertex and Agility drives are lightning fast and we are impressed that they remain close to the top of the charts in testing. Both of the drives use the Indilinx Barefoot controller and weve seen that its one of the fastest controllers ...
Well if you thought about upgrading your current hard drive to an SSD the Vertex series drives would surely be a great choice. The transfer speed increase is obvious if you look at our tests, and we were testing on a netbook, I bet if we tested on a n...
